Columnist Molly Ivins dies

dfw.com ^ | Wed, Jan. 31, 2007 | JOHN MORITZ

[chuckles]

I have had to speak at funerals of people I KNOW had no clue about God. It is the most awkward, tedious thing to find things to say about people you feel AREN't in a better place. What I think, what I want, and what I feel, no longer count. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. That's it! End of story.

Maybe while she suffered from cancer, she sought her Maker and His forgiveness, but I too, doubt it. We will not know, and it isn't up to us to judge. Our job, our commission, is to preach His name to everyone we meet. The Holy Spirit is the One responsible for giving the gift of faith and belief. The thief on the cross did nothing righteous in his whole life, but found salvation nailed to a cross. You don't have to do good works to be saved, but you must believe before your last breath. If you are still referring to the Lord of the universe as "the man upstairs", you probably haven't been "born again". There are many people that don't want to be considered an atheist, but don't want to be "one of those wacko fundamentalist's" either. When you are "born again" you can't help being a fundamentalist, extremist, radical, because that's what Jesus is, and His Spirit lives in us.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

One sure way to tell the integrity, class and maturity of a group is to see how they behave when something bad happens to an adversary.

What always bugs me when something like this happens is that someone always has to "remind" us to be nice. I am not criticizing the person who said it here today, but it bothers me that it even has to be said.

[Chi-townChief]

RIP and the less said, the better.

[#1CTYankee]

My Mother always said if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all.

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Nuff said.

[IGOTMINE]

"Trademark language"

Ask Florence King about Ivins' "trademark language".

I'm trying to come up with something nice to say here but words fail me....

[Mila]

"She died of breast cancer this past week."

I believe she died of stomach cancer, which is equally horrible of course. Their are several mentions of her on this site.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/in_memoriam/default.asp

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

She used to write a column with Tom Barberi in the Salt Lake Tribune where they would both give their opinions on some topic that was picked for them by the editor. Talk about a meeting of the minds--not. KALL 910 radio ran Tom off after being a fixture on that radio station for 30 years because all he did was bash Bush and embrace every nutcase 911 theorist who said that the U.S. govt. staged it all. We all know Molly's illustrious career. She's further proof that anybody can be a liberal columnist.

[Mr. Silverback]

I hope she finds more peace in death than she did in life.

Can't say it better than that.

[sauropod]

I think she was a dishonest woman.

Rest in peace Molly, but I won't be sorry to see you go.

[proud American in Canada]

Like someone said earlier, after a while, I couldn't stand to read her anymore, but may she rest in peace.

My mother died of cancer--the "treatment" (chemo, radiation) is almost worse than the disease.

[ichabod1]

I thought she was funny! But then it got old, too much, too over the top, too hateful and I stopped liking her. I think she was in her prime in the Clinton years. She caught BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) early on and lost her sense of humor. RIP. My Mom loved her work. We used to laugh and laugh. I actually thought Shrub (little Bush) was very clever.

[Mr. Silverback]

We found out all we needed to know about FR and DU when Eilzabeth Edwards and Laura Ingraham were both diagnosed with cancer. The FR thread was pretty much a prayer thread; the only prayers in the DU thread were prayers for Ingraham to die horribly.

[Arrowhead1952]

I think she was a dishonest woman.

Rest in peace Molly, but I won't be sorry to see you go.

There was a news clip on the 6 AM news here in Austin today. The clip said she was a writer / editorial writer who had a humorous side in every article she wrote. That's like saying ABC, CBS, NBC, etc., are conservative news networks.

She may have well started every column she ever wrote with "I hate Republicans" and the past 6 + years, "I HATE George W. Bush." Some of the evil bile she wrote should have been treated as hate speech, but the DBM would never do that. The libs here in Austin just adored her.

[Mr. Silverback]

I friend of mine suggested that Ann Richard's daughter might be the the Molly Ivins replacement.

The same daughter who's running Planned Parenthood?

[Nextrush]

So sad she suffered from breast cancer. Her journalistic cousin Linda Ellerbee who worked at NBC and does news programs on Nickelodeon also has had to battle that disease along with alcoholism. Ellerbee acknowledged having an abortion, too.

Is there a link between the three (breast cancer, abortion, alcoholism)? I don't fully know but the strongly pro-choice and twice married Betty Ford (militantly pro-choice)dealt with breast cancer and alcoholism.

I sense the three are linked and hope that no more women will have to follow a life path with those three things linked.

[bray]

Prayers for her family.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[nina0113]

I read her first book, and one of the columns, although written in the third person, was very obviously about herself and the fiance she lost in Vietnam. It was so painful to read that I've never been able to be really angry with her, no matter how much I disagreed with what she wrote. RIP, hope you've been reunited.

[Mr. Silverback]

What's Next? - Da Bearssss, Da Bowl!

Go Colts!

[Arcy]

Appreciation for life is not a democrat strong suit. They seem to have more affinity towards death. They can't kill fast enough for the young, but want to propel life for the old. It's irrational, it's illogical, and that's what makes it liberal.